Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Magistral Medium

Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Magistral Medium Mistral AI

34.8

Rank #224 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Magistral Medium leads 46.5 to 25.3.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Magistral Medium specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index28.834.8
Released—2025-03-17
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$5
Results tracked1622

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Category by category

Coding Magistral Medium leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Coding10341319
SciCode—39.2%
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Hard Prompts10051267
ARC-AGI-2—0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—16.2%
ARC-AGI-1—6.1%
CritPt—0.3%

Math Magistral Medium leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Math10471249

Knowledge Magistral Medium leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Expert9701222

Multilingual Magistral Medium leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Non-English9881232
LMArena Chinese10111225
LMArena German9441248
LMArena Korean8991125
LMArena Russian9901224
LMArena French—1268
LMArena Japanese—1176
LMArena Spanish—1269

Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Instruction Following9921254

Long Context Magistral Medium leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Longer Query10031295

Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMagistral Medium
LMArena Text10221255
LMArena Creative Writing9981245
LMArena Multi-Turn9581275

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Magistral Medium?

Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Magistral Medium better for coding?

Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Magistral Medium share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.

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